Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar. He also served as a minister in the Union Government and belongs to the Janata Dal (United) political party. Owning responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections, on 17 May 2014, he resigned. However, in February 2015, he returned to office following a political crisis in the state. In November 2015, he won the state elections. On 10 April 2016, Nitish Kumar was elected as the national president of his party. On 26 July 2017, he resigned again as Chief Minister of Bihar over differences with the coalition partner RJD. Naming of Tejaswi Yadav (the deputy CM and Lalu Yadav's son) in an FIR by the CBI was the main cause of Kumar’s resignation. However, within hours, he joined the NDA coalition and secured a majority in the assembly. The very next day, he was CM, again. He belongs to a socialist class of politicians and learnt the lessons of politics from stalwarts like Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. Between 1974 and 1977, he participated in Narayan's movement. Early life: Nitish Kumar was born in Harnaut, Nalanda district of Bihar. From Bihar College of Engineering, he got a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972. After graduation, he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board and later moved into politics.
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Janata Dal United (JDU) president Nitish Kumar was sworn in by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at Raj Bhavan, hours after he resigned from the Bihar Chief Minister's post.
Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar, a key member of opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, took a U-turn and joined BJP-led NDA. Subsequently, he took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record ninth time on Sunday.
Nitish Kumar, the president of the JD(U), took oath as chief minister of Bihar for a record ninth time on Sunday after a dramatic volte-face, ditching the INDIA grouping, and forming the new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago.
Addressing a public rally in Purnea district as part of his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', Gandhi had on Tuesday claimed that Nitish Kumar was feeling trapped after getting a caste survey conducted under pressure from the 'Mahagathbandhan' partners and the BJP "provided him with a way out".
Bihar: Nitish Kumar's alignment with the BJP, forged over the weekend, was reportedly triggered by his dissatisfaction with a comment made by Rahul Gandhi during an opposition meeting on January 13.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit Jharkhand and Bihar on February 3 and 4 respectively, however, the visit has now been postponed, sources said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Kumar participated in three meetings of the I.N.D.I.A bloc but gave no indication that he was going to "betray" the opposition.
Both the BJD and the BJP in separate statements said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's visit will have no impact on Odisha politics. The Odisha Assembly election is scheduled to be held in or before June 2024.
Delhi Power Minister Atishi said the solar policy was approved by the Cabinet two days back and it would be notified within 10 days.
Nitish Kumar walked out of the I.N.D.I.A bloc on Sunday, drawing flak from the Opposition. JDU leader KC Tyagi said that his party quit the Opposition's alliance because Congress was attempting to weaken the regional parties and was busy in grabbing important posts in the alliance of over 25 parties
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to travel 6,713 km over 67 days, traversing 110 districts across 15 states before concluding in Mumbai on March 20 or 21. It will enter Bihar today as I.N.D.I.A bloc suffered a blow after Nitish Kumar switched sides to rejoin the NDA.
In a surprising turn of events, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and forming a new government with the BJP, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar along with eight ministers-- three each from the BJP and the JD-U, one from HAM and one independent took oath on Sunday.
In a major action against the RJD by the new NDA government in Bihar, BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav has given a notice of no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the state Assembly Awadh Bihari Chaudhary.
Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister on Sunday, following a dramatic and suspenseful turn of events last week. Sharad Pawar said that the people will teach Nitish a lesson for "shifting loyalties". This comes after Nitish dumped RJD once again to rejoin his former ally BJP.
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JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, who today took a dramatic move by resigning and subsequently swearing in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time, made it clear that there is no intention of leaving the NDA-fold.
With Nitish Kumar joining NDA, I.N.D.I.A bloc faced the biggest blow since it commenced. The opposition bloc was the brainchild of Nitish but ironically, the JDU chief dumped it due to Congress' laxity on the seat-sharing talks.
The JD(U) supremo took the oath for the ninth time. He first took oath as the state's chief minister back in 2000. The Bihar Assembly has a strength of 243 members.
Bihar politics: The eight leaders officially took their oaths in a ceremony that marked the formation of the new government under Nitish Kumar's leadership.
Nitish Kumar, who took oath as chief minister for a record ninth time, and the third time since the 2020 assembly polls, has remained at the center stage since 2005 when he wrested power by defeating the RJD government led by Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife Rabri Devi.
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